Maika Yamamoto

is a Japanese actress, TV personality, and fashion model. She is known for her roles as Kaede Kayano in Assassination Classroom, Chiyomi Horikiri in the 2015 television drama Minami-kun no Koibito, and Mizuki Kurata in the 2018 film adaptation of the manga series After the Rain, among others.

Early life and career Yamamoto was born in 1997 in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture. She has an elder brother and a younger brother. She made her entertainment debut as the 14th Mitsui ReHouse Girl in 2011. Her first acting role came in 2011 in the Fuji TV series Soredemo, Ikite Yuku. At the age of 15 she moved to Tokyo to attend private high school while pursuing an acting career. In 2015 she played the role of Kaede Kayano in Assassination Classroom, the film adaptation of Yūsei Matsui's manga. That same year she played the lead role of Chiyomi Horikiri, a young dancer and writer who shrinks in size, in the 2015 Fuji TV adaptation of the Shungicu Uchida manga Minami-kun no Koibito. On May 5, 2026, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child. On August 7, she gave birth to her first child.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 2013 Madam Marmalade no Ijō na Nazo: Question Madam Marmalade no Ijō na Nazo: Answer 2015 Z Island Assassination Classroom Cherry Blossom Memories Lead role The Magnificent Nine 2017 Daytime Shooting Star The Blue Hearts "Love Letter" segment Teen Bride 2018 After the Rain Ito Serika (young) Gangoose 2019 Tokyo Ghoul S Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV Miki 2020 Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō Sonoko Hattori From Today, It's My Turn the Movie Ryoko Morikawa 2022 Re/Member Rumiko Hiiragi 2023 See Hear Love Saori Nakamura

Television dramas

Dubbing Bullet Train, The Prince (Joey King)